Perth Performance

From March 27, 2008 – April 5, 2008, “Kateryna”will be performed across , with performances in Sydney , Melbourne , Adelaide , and Perth . Australian audiences will have the opportunity to experience the stirring and emotional performances of this folk-opera ballet, a joint production created by Ukrainian ballet master Serguei Makarov and composer Yevhen Dosenko featuring over fifty passionate and skilled dancers and choristers from Canada’s dazzling Suzirya Ukrainian Dance Theatre of Calgary and the Ukrainian Male Chorus of Edmonton.

“Kateryna” is a sweeping tale of love and war that is presented in a fusion of music, folk traditions, dazzling costumes, and skilled technical expertise in acrobatics, ballet, and folk dance. A handsome Cossack captures Kateryna’s heart. Enchanted by their newfound love, they dance a pas de deux expressing their inseparable devotion and growing passion. Ceremoniously celebrated by the young women of the village, the love between Kateryna and the Cossack holds the promise of future life. Tragically, the sounds of war burst forth in the distance, and the couple’s idyll is interrupted…

‘We were very excited and privileged to share this unique production with Calgaryand Edmontonaudiences. Many in the audience s